via suitep:
half CA / half MI = now what??
(via spacelola)
so basically we’re fucked.
Is surfing the Internet altering your brain?
Technology/ Reuters
“The Internet is not just changing the way people live but altering the way our brains work with a neuroscientist arguing this is an evolutionary change which will put the tech-savvy at the top of the new social order.
Gary Small, a neuroscientist at UCLA in California who specializes in brain function, has found through studies that Internet searching and text messaging has made brains more adept at filtering information and making snap decisions.
But while technology can accelerate learning and boost creativity it can have drawbacks as it can create Internet addicts whose only friends are virtual and has sparked a dramatic rise in Attention Deficit Disorder diagnoses.
Small, however, argues that the people who will come out on top in the next generation will be those with a mixture of technological and social skills.
“We’re seeing an evolutionary change. The people in the next generation who are really going to have the edge are the ones who master the technological skills and also face-to-face skills,” Small told Reuters in a telephone interview.
“They will know when the best response to an email or Instant Message is to talk rather than sit and continue to email.”
In his newly released fourth book “iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind,” Small looks at…”
overwhelmed.
one more week. and things aren’t going to get any less emotional. especially after reading the huff po article today on assassination plans.
my mama sent me an email a little bit ago on how she was affected by the kennedy assassination. she was only eleven when it happened:
Don’t remember much about the Kennedy era, except for when he got murdered. And I suppose my parents did not vote for him! But I do remember when he was killed there was a great sense of loss of hope! Who would have conveyed that to me I am not sure - watching TV perhaps.
chaely sums it up nicely:
The other night I was listening to a speech Barack gave and it dawned on me that what I was feeling - an almost overwhelming sense of excitement and longing and maybe even a little helplessness - was exactly what our parents and grandparents were feeling in the 60’s when Kennedy spoke. He’s more than just a candidate, he’s an inspiration and a role model for how to be a good man, a good father & a good citizen.I predict that the Obama art won’t get packed away anytime soon. Win or lose, he has inspired the entire country to be a little bit better. He’s iconic.
this picture pretty much sums up yesterday for me.
it was a good day.
yes yes. saw raybot sing, celebrated stinky’s birthday, and ate cake till i was sick.
every single moose that sarah palin shoots turns into a zombie.
so basically we’re fucked.
hottest moose zombie i’ve ever seen.
I like this idea too. I’m also going to think about doing this if the chance comes along.
I like Mediation’s idea here. I will consider doing the same if that’s how things shake out Nov. 4:
“Last night I had a little bit too much to drink and started telling people that, even though I don’t agree with all his policy positions and think he’s way more of a moderate Democrat than his supporters realize, if Barack Obama wins the election and becomes the next President, I might just hang up his picture in my apartment, just like they used to do for Presidents in the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s, and even a little in the 80’s, way back when people would proudly talk about how they loved and supported Jack Kennedy was or how Reagan was (we now know better) an American hero. I almost can’t imagine what it’s going to be like to have that kind of support for a President.” — mediation
This illustrates something I’ve been thinking about for a couple of weeks now.
There are a whole lot of young Americans out there (heck, old ones too) that don’t know (or have forgotten) how to display pride in their country. For too long public displays of patriotism have been dominated by Soaring Eagles and Rippling Flags, sized 2XL of course.
Now of course, Obama brought good design to partisan politics - but what happens to the Obama brand when he is elected president? What happens to that outpouring of creative energy that his campaign pulled forth from young, creative Americans?
I think the most iconic Obama imagery will have a shelf life far beyond his term(s) of service (and I’m looking forward to hanging that BO portrait on my wall too), but my real hope is that we can find a way to “take back” and “make our own” patriotic symbols that represent pride in the United States as a whole, rather then one party or another.
Here’s to hoping that on November 4th I’ll be replacing the Obama pin on my messenger bag with a big bold American Flag.
me at 3yrs and 25yrs.
(via stevemakesnoise)
So to all my future employers out there, here’s what you can expect from me: I will show up to work every day ready to work. Unless I’m meeting with a client that day, I’ll probably be wearing something comfortable, but I promise to shower and put deodorant on before I come in. When I’m working, I might listen to my iPod or I might chat occasionally with people through Gmail, but you can be rest assured that I will do excellent work for you. I will expect to be promoted quickly, not because it’s my birthright, but because I want to learn more and take on more responsibility. I expect regular feedback on my performance, but I don’t need you to hold my hand. Call me a Trophy Kid, but I’m entitled to a fair assessment.
peterwknox:ardenashley:indieandyy:whatson:blakewhitman: Generation WE: The Movement Begins (via Vimeo)
Really cool. Click through to watch in HD. Watching is like getting hit with cold water too early in the morning followed by strange unwarrented optimism getting me out of bed in the morning. In the next few years WE will outnumber the baby boomers and tens of millions and if everyone can sign off of Facebook in time to hit the voting booths, we can affect change. The scary thing is how we’re the first generation to inherit “a nation in decline” and that we’re going to life shorter lives than our parents. WTF, that’s not the progress I think we’re capable of.
Watch the video.
yup, kids. time to make some changes around here.
my roomie and i love eachother and we totally get along, too.
my favorite song in the universe: always be my baby by mariah carey.roomie’s favorite song in the universe: spit my rage by terror.